Fence-post.



PATENTED JAN. 1'7, 1905.

W. F. KERLIN.

FENCE POST.

' APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2.1904.

lnuenfo'n Witness STATES NITE o Patented January 17, 1905'.

WILLIAM F. KERLIN, OF ROCKFIELD, INDIANA.

FENCE-POST.

sPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 780,357, dated January 1'7, 1905.

Application filed Juno 2, 1904. $erial No. 210,863-

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I. WILLIAM F. KERLIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rockiield, in the county of Carroll and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Posts; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to fence construction, and more particularly to the construction of a fence-post which shall be of permanent and reliably-eflicient character and which may be readily and cheaply manufactured, as by being molded from plastic material which afterward becomes hardened or set, as will be readily understood; and my invention consists of certain novel-features of construction and arrangement of parts the preferred form whereof will be hereinafter pointed out in the claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which are made a part of this application, and in which- Figure 1 shows a perspective View of my improved fence-post complete as applied to use. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of Fig. 1 on line 2 2. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of Fig. 1 on line 3 3. Fig. A is a detail view showing a portion of the reinforcing member or metallic portion designed to be embedded in the plastic material, while Fig. 5 shows a perspective view of the casing or mold employed to fashion or shape the plastic material in the form of a fence-post, said casing or mold also being designed to hold the reinforcing metallic members in their proper positions.

Referring to the numerals on the drawings, which are employed for convenience of referonce, 1 designates the body portion of my improved fence-post, which may be any preferred shape in cross-section and preferably formed of cement composition, and within which I anchor a reinforcing bar or bars, the details of construction of which are clearly presented in Figs. 2, 3, and 4:.

In the present instance I have shown one of the bars as substantially Y-shaped in crossseetion or as having the branches 2, 3, and 4, the two former being provided with a plurality of perforations 5 to attain lightness without impairing the strength, while the member A is fashioned with a plurality of cleffs 6, preferably obliquely disposed and terminating in a suitable aperture or seat 7, within which the fence-wire 8 is designed to rest. the said wires being reliably held in position in said seat by striking down the outer lip forming the cleft 6, so as to close said clefl' or recess leading to the wire-seat 7, as will be clearly obvious.

The rear edge of the post is reinforced and strengthened by the vertically-disposed bar 9, which may also be provided with a plurality of openings 10 at suitable intervals, so as to attain a maximum degree of lightness without impairment of the strength and rigidity of the bar. I prefer to form the Y- shaped reinforcing member so that the parts 2 and 3 will be of greater extent or length than the member f, the said parts 2 and 3 extending down near the lower end of the post, preferably the same distance or extent reached by the member 9.

The Y-shaped member is so located in the body of the post that the member 4 thereof will protrude beyond the face of the post to receive the wires, substantially as shown in Figsql and 2. The sectional view, (illustrated in Fig. 3,) it will be observed, is taken below the end of the member 4, and therefore shows only the branches or members 2 and 3.

It will thus be seen that 1 have provided not only a strong reinforcing and reliablyeflicient form of fence-post, but my post is also provided with a protruding lip or flange 4L, having a plurality of ole'lfs or Wirereceiving recesses, and when the fence-wires have been properly disposed therein said recesses may be closed tightly together upon the wire to prevent casual removal therefrom.

My post will be found of very reliable and durable character, constituting what may be properly termed a permanent improvement, and whileI have described the preferred combination and construction of parts deemed necessary in materializing my invention I desire to comprehend in this application all substantial equivalents and substitutes that may be considered as falling fairly within the scope thereof.

WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The herein-described fence-post molded from plastic material and having a substantially Y-shaped metallic reinforcing member,

one branch of which is left protruding from the body of the post and provided With a plurality of Wire-receiving recesses, in combination with an auxiliary reinforcing-bar 9 also embedded in the post and designed to cooperate to hold the post in true alinement and WILLIAM F. KERLIN.

Witnesses:

P. WV. VAN GUNDY, P. M. BYRUM. 

